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Set of 5 posters to comply with ILO, WHO 2011 3rd Edition Guide to Ship Sanitation, MLC2006, A 3.2, IHR 2005 IHR for Fresh/Potable Water on board ship. £29.99/set of 5
Designed to cover the key aspects of Ship Drinking water to ensure procedures are complied with to provide your crew with good clean fresh water on board ship.
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The Water Management Society (WMSoc) has been in existence since 1970. It gathers expertise from every sector of the industry and the WMSoc can offer informed and experienced assistance in all matters relating to the responsible management of water in industry and commerce through publications, conferences and journals. Water Management Society Members are represented on relevant government and industry Consultation panels and are regularly consulted on matters of immediate concern.
IMarEST was established in London in 1889, is the leading international membership body and learned society for marine professionals, with over 15,000 members worldwide.
The IMarEST has a strong international presence with an extensive marine network of 50 international branches, affiliations with major marine societies around the world, representation on the key marine technical committees and non-governmental status at the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Aquamarine is proud to be a part of this massive and professional institution.
Revised MARPOL Annex V (IMO Chemical Regulations January 2013) sets new regulatory requirements regarding the disposal of garbage from ships and will come into force on 1 January 2013.
The new amendments prohibit the disposal of almost all kinds of garbage at sea with the exemption under specific requirements of food waste, animal carcasses, cargo residues contained in wash water and environmental friendly cleaning agents. As a result of these regulations more and more ships will dispose their ship-generated waste to reception facilities ashore. MARPOL Annex V applies to all ships.
Generally, discharge is restricted to food wastes, identified cargo residues, animal carcasses, and identified cleaning agents and additives in washwater which are not harmful to the marine environment. Garbage discharge regulations do not apply when the discharge of garbage from a ship was a necessary action for the purpose of securing the safety of a ship and those on board or saving life at sea. In such cases an entry should be made in the Garbage Record Book, or in the ship’s official log-book for ships of less than 400 gross tonnage.
According to revised MARPOL Annex V (IMO Chemical Regulations January 2013) shipboard generated garbage is to be grouped into the following categories:
These new categories represent the categories to be used for record purposes in the Garbage Record Book. The superseded MARPOL Annex V (IMO Chemical Regulations January 2013 defined six categories whereas the revised annex defines nine.
Regarding the cleaning agents mentioned above, a cleaning agent or additive is considered as not harmful for the marine environment when:
To sum up the above, when a ship is discharging chemicals agents from hold wash water to the sea and records such action to the Garbage Record Book then the ship should be able at any time to provide evidence that the cleaning agent or additive used was not harmful to the environment. Such evidence may be provided by the chemicals’ manufacturer under the form of signed and dated statements providing information that the chemical/product meets the criteria for not being harmful to the marine environment. This might form part of a Safety Data Sheet or be a stand-alone document.
Of course the same applies for the cargo that was previously stored within the hold, meaning that hold wash water and cargo residues cannot be discharged if the previous cargo contained within the ship’s hold was not declared as not being harmful to the marine environment according to Section 4.2 of the International Maritime Solid Bulk Cargoes (IMSBC) Code.
In case garbage is mixed with or contaminated by other garbage which have different discharge requirements, the more stringent requirements shall apply. For example, if a vessel is sailing within a special area and has mixed comminuted food waste with food waste that is no comminuted then according to the revised MARPOL Annex V regulations the vessel should not discharge the food waste mixture to the sea.
A simplified overview of the discharge provisions of the revised MARPOL Annex V (IMO Chemical Regulations January 2013) which will enter into force on 1 January 2013 has been developed by the IMO and is presented here below.
1 These substances must not be harmful to the marine environment.
2 Discharge shall only be allowed if: (a) both the port of departure and the next port of destination are within the special area and the ship will not transit outside the special area between these ports (regulation 6.1.2.2); and (b) if no adequate reception facilities are available at those ports (regulation 6.1.2.3)
It is likely that shipboard garbage destined to be sent to a port waste reception facility will need to be segregated. The requirements for the port concerned should be sought and followed in this respect. Given that some ports may not be able to receive and process all types of waste, the garbage processing capability of the port should be checked prior to arrival.
Every ship of 12 m or more in length overall and fixed or floating platforms shall display placards which notify/inform the crew and the passengers regarding the discharge requirements that apply to the ship. The placards shall be written in the working language of the ship’s crew and in English or French or Spanish (this requirement remains the same with the one of the superseded regulation of MARPOL Annex V)
Every ship of 100 gross tonnage (instead of 400 GT required by the superseded MARPOL Annex V) and above, and every ship which is certified to carry 15 or more persons, shall carry a garbage management plan (based on IMO Guidelines MEPC.220(63) and in working language of the crew) containing procedures on
In addition to the Garbage Management Plan every ship of 400 gross tonnage and above and every ship which is certified to carry 15 or more persons engaged in voyages to ports which are under the jurisdiction of another Party to the Convention should maintain a Garbage Record Book in the form specified in the appendix of the revised Annex. The requirement to maintain a Garbage Record Book remains the same with the superseded MARPOL Annex V with the difference that the layout of the form which will record the garbage discharges is different from the superseded one.
Apart from the above which are requirements of the revised MARPOL Annex V (IMO Chemical Regulations January 2013), in order to enhance the implementation of the onboard Garbage Management Plan and to exercise better garbage handling procedures in overall, meaning from the generation of the garbage onboard to the appropriate disposal of them, ships’ crews and agents could make use of IMO’s developed standard format for the advance notification of waste delivery to port reception facilities as defined in IMO Circular MEPC.1/Circ.644.
In addition, where a ships’ Master or agent finds reception facilities in a port inadequate (for example the facility required is not available or is inconveniently located, has unreasonable charges and/or cause undue delay) the Master should forward the information contained in MEPC.1/Circ.469/Rev.1, together with any supporting documentation, to the Administration of the flag State and, if possible, to the competent Authorities in the port State.
Finally, following a ships’ use of port reception facilities the ships’ crews and agents should encourage waste reception facilities service providers to use the IMO standard format for the waste delivery receipt as outlined in MEPC.1/Circ.645
For further reading regarding Garbage Management and revised MARPOL Annex V requirements you can also refer to the following:
Aquamarine Products Approved 16th February, 2011
The IMO has changed the Approval of Tank Cleaning Additives regulations and process, in order to cut down on the number of chemicals on their list of approved tank cleaning products. http://www.imo.org Continue reading